Alina Morse, who appeared on Entrepreneur Magazine's cover at age 13, is now a senior at Michigan State University while continuing to run her candy company Zolli Candy and its nonprofit, the Million Smiles Initiative. She told Entrepreneur that the company expanded distribution through retailers including Whole Foods, Walmart and Amazon in the years following the cover story, and that she still uses the original magazine feature as a tool when pitching new retail partners.
entrepreneur.com
· 2026-10-02
OpenAI President Greg Brockman has reversed a planned $25-million contribution to a political action committee supporting AI-friendly candidates. The reversal follows pushback from OpenAI employees who favor tougher AI regulation.
wsj.com
· 2026-10-01
The New Yorker published a long-form account centered on a fatal 2015 crash on Colorado's Million Dollar Highway, in which a car reversing near the roadside went over a cliff into a gorge, killing the driver and his mother-in-law while his young daughter survived. The piece traces the rescue effort and the girl's memories of the crash, using the incident to explore why the notoriously dangerous highway has seen little infrastructure improvement over the years.
newyorker.com
· 2026-09-29
Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison called off a prearranged plan to sell as many as 50 million shares of Oracle stock, a transaction that could have been worth up to $7.5 billion. Ellison confirmed that no shares were actually sold under the arrangement before it was withdrawn.
wsj.com
· 2026-09-12